November 20, 2007

I woke up this morning fully prepared to visit the website for the annual 5k Turkey trot run. After checking the results from last year, I decided on a vague pace time for my race. I clicked away, secure in my knowledge that even conservatively paced, I could finish in the top 10-12 of my age bracket (25-29).

This is impressive considering all the others are former cross-country runners. Of course there are several families that participate in the Trot for sheer enjoyment. For the majority, time is not important. Anyone who knows me would say I’m the opposite of that. Once I had mentally prepped for signing up and running in the race, I planned to forgot it all until tomorrow.

Then I went back to the Y for a double. In the locker room, the topic of discussion was the record low temperature forecast for race day (Thursday morning). Think low 30s-20s. Yeah, that’s freaking cold, even for me. However, it might also eliminate a lot of unwanted competition. We’ll see come Thursday morning, I might be running in sweats and a hoodie. No big deal, after all it’s only a 5k. That’s less than 20 minutes of running.

I was surprised by the great promise of service at A&B Cycle this afternoon. My bike is long overdue for a tune-up and the cyclo computer is all whacked out. Normally during the summer, the turnaround for service visits is at least a week. They happily quoted me a few days tops. That’s including a day off for Turkey Day. Cheers to A&B for good service, jeers to my cyclo computer for whacking out.

Pics: Clark patrols the bushes for food, Arthur is always great at turning into frame when you need him to, the three stooges laze it up, time for repairs, deer meat for the chili, and chili-in-progress.